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Penn Owner many times over
Redsoxticket,
Having many Penn reels that suffered premature bail closure (larger ones mostly), and having watched as the quality of the product (going from all metal to half plastic and half metal), and during premature bail closure many pieces of terminal tackle and lures of all types broke off costing me money gives me the right to state my reasons for saying Penn s#$ks. In the last few years on this site Penn reels have been bashed by most all of us here. Shimano has taken over as the reel to own on every economic level.
I once talked to a rep at the factory and his only reply to me was "well, how long have you been fishing?" That was after I told him I had probably 12 to 15 Penn reels down cellar. I spoke with several dealers (none here) who said my complaint about the bails was becoming commonplace.
One doesn't have to be a quality control engineer to make these assertions. Query past threads that must still be available in the archives about Penn. Either way, by myself, or with many of the members here on S-B.com I stand by what I said.
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